PT-2000-1146 · Microsoft+1 · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2000-02-18 · Updated 2021-07-22 · CVE-2000-0162

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 4.x through 5.x

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to read files via a malicious Java applet that escapes the Java sandbox.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 4.x through 5.x, consider disabling the execution of Java applets as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0162

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Java

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0162 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-011 · Note